What does commissioner mean?
Word: Commissioner
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Commissioner means a person put in charge of a government department or an area, such as a municipal commissioner. It can also mean a member of a commission, a group set up to do a special job.
Synonyms: administrator, officer
How do you spell commissioner?
Syllables: com - mis - sion - er
Tricky part: Two pairs of double letters, mm and ss, are the trap: comissioner and commisioner are both common.
Watch out for: comissioner, commisioner, commissionr
Memory tip: Count the doubles in commissioner: an mm, then an ss, two pairs in one word.
Commissioner in a sentence
Example 1: The election commissioner explained the new voting rules to reporters.
Example 2: The municipal commissioner visited our ward to inspect the new drains.
Example 3: Students wrote to the commissioner asking for a zebra crossing near the school.
Fun Fact
Between Commonwealth countries, such as the UK and Canada, an ambassador is called a High Commissioner.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word:
1. legislature 2. constituency 3. commissioner 4. parliamentry
a) a senior head of a public department
b) the group of people who make the laws of a country or state
c) an area whose voters elect a representative
d) to do with the law-making body of a country
Show answer
d) to do with the law-making body of a country. Parliamentry has lost the a before its final ry; commissioner, legislature and constituency are all spelt correctly.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word commissioner as used in the sentence:
The municipal commissioner met the residents to hear their complaints about the water supply.
a) visitor
b) reporter
c) official
d) neighbour
Show answer
c) official. A commissioner is a senior official, not a neighbour, a visitor or a reporter.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The new sronmiomcies promised to clear the encroachments from the city's footpaths.
a) commissions
b) commissioned
c) commissioner
d) missionaries
Show answer
c) commissioner. There is an r and an e but no d or a, which leaves commissioner, not commissioned, missionaries or commissions.
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:
commiss_on_r
a) i, a
b) i, o
c) e, e
d) i, e
Show answer
d) i, e. The middle is the -ion of mission, and a person who does the job takes -er.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A commission paid to a salesperson is ____.
a) a gift given at the end of a year
b) a fine for handing in late work
c) a fixed salary paid every month
d) a share of the money from each sale
Show answer
d) a share of the money from each sale
2. A painter who receives a commission has been ____.
a) given a prize for an old work
b) told to stop painting for a year
c) asked and paid to create a work
d) made a judge at an art show
Show answer
c) asked and paid to create a work
